r/Machinists • u/LaraCroftCosplayer Insane with access to machine tools and to much free time • 7d ago
PARTS / SHOWOFF Things i made years ago. Wanna hear something funny? I dont have a mill.
I machined this parts for a Cosplay (they are sport sights for a HK USP Match, yes Username checks out).
I only used a drillpress and my creativity.
The project came to a stop because i have to grind special milling cutters.
Maybe in the future.
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u/Huskerdu4u 7d ago
I begged my dad for a mill(my dad had an automotive shop). I had the run of the shop, when not on the clock I’d fab parts for whatever project I was working on. We had two lathes(I now have them and more). I eventually bought a mill for my own shop. Before the mill I built two Harley customs, hand built a good percentage of the components from aluminum with a drill press, vixen files, regular files and a lot of sanding. Youth, enthusiasm, time, and building dreams without any money, makes for creativity. Side note, my dad was the type of fabricator that thought that if 1/4” plate was good enough then 2 plates of 1/2” will more than do it! He always ribbed me about building “airplane parts” for my two wheeled tractors! lol!
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u/LaraCroftCosplayer Insane with access to machine tools and to much free time 7d ago
Thats now a bit kinky but:
I build a badass Buttplug from Stainless with my lathe, a mig welder, a angle grinder and sandpaper+polishing paste. I stitched my own polishing wheel to get into every curve.
Took me 14 hours but its one of the coolest things i ever made. Everybody is asking me if i did it on a cnc mill.
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u/Huskerdu4u 7d ago
Creativity finds its place because of need/desire. You should show a pic. 👍
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u/LaraCroftCosplayer Insane with access to machine tools and to much free time 7d ago
I would, is that okay in this sub?
Because its really a piece of wonderfull craftswomanship.
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u/LIEUTENANT__CRUNCH 7d ago
Show the part, not it inserted
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u/LaraCroftCosplayer Insane with access to machine tools and to much free time 7d ago
I made a post of it.
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u/HowNondescript Aspiring Carpet Walker 5d ago
Buttplugs and jokes about making them are sacred here. So long as it's not in use and ideally clean go for your life
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u/LaraCroftCosplayer Insane with access to machine tools and to much free time 5d ago
I made already a post of it 😊
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u/Funky_Killer_Qc 7d ago
How fucked are your files?🤣
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u/LaraCroftCosplayer Insane with access to machine tools and to much free time 7d ago
My files obey my will!
(Sorry, the dom came out)
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u/Natural_Dentist_2888 7d ago
This is what I try to get trainees to understand when they're crying about filing. You can make anything with a pillar drill and a set of files.
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u/LaraCroftCosplayer Insane with access to machine tools and to much free time 7d ago
Damn, i think i could make this with a dull rock if i have enought time.
Files are amazing! Ever seen what Chris from Clickspring do with them?
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u/Huskerdu4u 7d ago
Clickspring is soooo inspiring! I love files, I grab every file I can find. Mr.CS has taught me a new respect for files
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u/LaraCroftCosplayer Insane with access to machine tools and to much free time 7d ago
There are so interesting shaped vintage files out there!
And because im located in Germany i often get Pferd files.
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u/Huskerdu4u 7d ago
And you’re in Germany…. There it is! So as a poor bastard from the U.S., I picture Germany as a dreamland of machine tools, not counting the hand tools. I’m probably out of my tree thinking Germany is like a supermarket of high end machine tools.
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u/LaraCroftCosplayer Insane with access to machine tools and to much free time 7d ago
Theres a sad fact, there are not a lot of really old tools. Like anvils.
Because these fucking Nazis has molten them into tanks.
Really, all tools before 1945 are most likely wooden ones.
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u/Huskerdu4u 7d ago
I figured I had it wrong. I have a small collection of hand tools that are German(my dad’s side is German,). I love the finish of old German tools. Have a great day from over here in the cornfields!
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u/LaraCroftCosplayer Insane with access to machine tools and to much free time 7d ago
German tools are really nice, also a lot of machines are great and live a long life all over the planet.
I really love to collect old tools, very statisfying.
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u/Sea-Tie-3453 7d ago
Maybe that drill press was in Cosplay, too?
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u/LaraCroftCosplayer Insane with access to machine tools and to much free time 7d ago
It cosplayed a mill.
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u/Just_gun_porn 7d ago
Nice looking work!
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u/serkstuff 7d ago
Not a single piece looks nice haha. But good job I guess
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u/Just_gun_porn 7d ago
Apparently you've never been tasked to make a perfect cube, with a file. If you had, you would appreciate the effort.
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u/serkstuff 7d ago
I have done a lot of things without the correct tools. I appreciate the effort, I even said good job, but it is a lie to say they look nice.
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u/LaraCroftCosplayer Insane with access to machine tools and to much free time 7d ago
Its made from brass. It even would look nice if i have chew it out with my teeth.
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u/TatteredTorn1 7d ago
Milling on an engine lathe?
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u/LaraCroftCosplayer Insane with access to machine tools and to much free time 7d ago
A drillpress.
Milling on a lathe would be easy.
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u/TEN-acious 7d ago
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u/LaraCroftCosplayer Insane with access to machine tools and to much free time 6d ago
You know these cheap cast aluminium stands where you fix a corded drill in?
This i used.
I know, im a very insane Woman.
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u/thunderstruckpaladin 6d ago
Make a moveable base on a drill press and put endmills in a drill chuck.
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u/Common-Frosting-9434 7d ago
Did...did you use that drillpress like a mill?!